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I'm still unsure on this one, it does look good but I dunno, the way how the dev was like "we're bringing the dungeon crawler back!" kinda put me off in some ways, thinking "The fuck's this guy on about? I mean Demon's Souls, Torchlight, various iPhone roguelikes and many other 'dungeon crawlers' haven't come out in the last couple of years!".
Putting that aside though, the game does look cool!
Putting that aside though, the game does look cool!
Max:
That is totally the wrong way to market this. Not only is it wrong in the sense that dungeon crawlers never went anyway, it also completely fails to describe what the game is like, which is a shooter/hack n' slash hybrid. Very silly statement from the dev, there.
Games's great, but PR statements like that could really draw a backlash.
That is totally the wrong way to market this. Not only is it wrong in the sense that dungeon crawlers never went anyway, it also completely fails to describe what the game is like, which is a shooter/hack n' slash hybrid. Very silly statement from the dev, there.
Games's great, but PR statements like that could really draw a backlash.
This game dropped from my radar because the product descriptions I've seen have made it seem completely co-op oriented. So the single player is perfectly playable? Even against boss characters? If single player isn't bastardized, then I'll give it some serious consideration, especially since it seems to come with dungeon creation tools.
Thanks for this Jim, I've had my eye on this one, and I'm glad it shaping up nicely, if they get their PR in line, I agree that this could be a surprise hit- I know I'm buying it
Nobody in the press are making correlations with Heretic 2. Because judging by the trailers, has tremendous feeling of "Heretic 2 of GoW's age"
From the developers that never brought you Hei$t!
This game looks cool, and it's definitely something I'd probably dig, but this developer cxouldn't even make Hei$t happen after 4-5 years. And Codemasters isn't a hard developer to please (i.e. Damnation, Turning Point, OPF: DR, etc.). So Hei$t must've been in a really bad state.
This game looks cool, and it's definitely something I'd probably dig, but this developer cxouldn't even make Hei$t happen after 4-5 years. And Codemasters isn't a hard developer to please (i.e. Damnation, Turning Point, OPF: DR, etc.). So Hei$t must've been in a really bad state.
I was put off by all the absurd ads littered across the net recently, but this little preview has me interested again.
Jim, is this game Co-op?
This game looks kinda fun and same screen Co-op = buy as my GF liked the video.
This game looks kinda fun and same screen Co-op = buy as my GF liked the video.
@Jim: Glad to hear it's just PR bullshit and the devs aren't actually trying to "bring back the dungeon crawler with matchmaking services!", though for me at least that video (which strangely enough I can't find) of that guy who kinda looks like Gunther telling us that they're bringing the genre back will still be at the back of my mind when I think of it, only for me to cringe greatly because of such!
@mix: Yep the game has split-screen co-op, although I'm not sure if that means that there will be online as well. Played it with a buddy at PAX; it was pretty fun firing off arrows and slinging spells while he dashed around in a crowd of skeletons.
@Max: I'd have to second what Jim said; it did not feel like a dungeon crawler at all. To me a good example of a console version of that genre would be the Dark Alliance series on PS2. Hunted felt nothing like that. I didn't play the warrior so I can't comment on his gameplay, but the Elf was very close to Jim's description of fantasy Gears of War. The engine (I believe Unreal as well) probably adds to that effect as well.
Overall I enjoyed the few minutes I played of it. It did feel more like a weekend rental with a friend or 'wait for a price drop' title, but I definitely will be following it now.
@Max: I'd have to second what Jim said; it did not feel like a dungeon crawler at all. To me a good example of a console version of that genre would be the Dark Alliance series on PS2. Hunted felt nothing like that. I didn't play the warrior so I can't comment on his gameplay, but the Elf was very close to Jim's description of fantasy Gears of War. The engine (I believe Unreal as well) probably adds to that effect as well.
Overall I enjoyed the few minutes I played of it. It did feel more like a weekend rental with a friend or 'wait for a price drop' title, but I definitely will be following it now.
The loot, where is the loot ? Good dungeon crawlers have loot like Diablo, Torchlight Borderlands, Dungeon Siege and Titan Quest.
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